When you send your child to a New Mexico school, you understand that he or she must adhere to certain behavioral standards and codes of conduct. For example, your child’s school may have a dress code that outlines what he or she can wear while in an instructional...
Children And Youth
A.M. v. HOLMES FEATURED ON SCOTUSblog’s SPOTLIGHT OF SUPREME COURT NOMINEE GORSUCH
Judge Gorsuch's dissent in ' case A.M. v. Holmes is being featured on SCOTUSblog as a part of a feature on the Supreme Court Nominee's First Amendment Jurisprudence. Read more at the link below.
SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE: ARRESTED FOR BURPING IN SCHOOL
This firm today filed a petition to the United States Supreme Court in A.M. v. Acosta, a case in which a 13-year-old middle school student in Albuquerque, New Mexico was detained by police and transported in handcuffs to the juvenile detention center for burping...
HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES OR SEX- RELATED MISCONDUCT
The Legal Team at Kennedy, Kennedy & Ives remains humbled by the bravery of our client, Dianna Guerrero, who stepped forward to share her story of sexual assault by a police officer when she was an high school intern with the Las Cruces Police Department. Dianna's...
APS To Pay $750K To Settle Abuse Lawsuit
"The family of a special education student who says she was inappropriately touched by her teacher has received a $750,000 settlement in a lawsuit that claims Albuquerque Public Schools administrators ignored repeated complaints about the man spanning a decade....
